Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang have pleaded not guilty to child-abuse and related charges involving children at their California home, where prosecutors allege abuse was recorded on cameras.

Republican Congressman Andy Harris has downplayed concerns about a suspected plague case in Siberia, while the WHO says the wider risk remains low and the death is unconfirmed.

Arizona congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia says she was knocked unconscious and sexually assaulted while repairing a campaign sign. Police are investigating, with no suspect or politi...

MIT biologist Kevin Esvelt says Russia has likely sequenced the pathogen linked to a laboratory worker's death, but officials have not identified it and public evidence is lacking.

More than 1,000 miniature versions of a naked, gold-covered Donald Trump statue are being distributed at the European Parliament in Strasbourg as political protest tokens.

A reported second death at an Irkutsk hospital has intensified unverified plague claims, but Russian officials deny an outbreak and no plague infections have been confirmed among contacts.

The Pentagon says Nidal Hasan's execution has been approved by President Donald Trump and will be carried out by firing squad, potentially marking the US military's first execution since 1961.

A peer-reviewed analysis suggests sepsis was substantially under-recorded among US COVID-19 deaths in 2020, highlighting gaps in diagnosis, classification and death-certificate coding.

A US Marine accused of robbing and killing a woman at an Okinawa hotel has been sent to Japanese prosecutors, as public anger grows and authorities consider charges.

The ICC has made public arrest warrants for four senior Taliban figures, including supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, over alleged persecution linked to discriminatory policies in Afghanistan.

Ynon Kreiz, who led Mattel during its entertainment expansion, has been appointed co-CEO of the planned Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery combined company, Skydance.

More than 5,000 people, most of them minors, have been detained during protests at French schools, with hundreds of officers injured and 24 establishments damaged.

In this post I turn to the issue of what constitutes continuous action. Consider the recurrent scene in which the protagonist and the antagonist of a film are locked in some type of combat and pause t...

Cornell recorded over 1,200 reports involving sexual misconduct from 2018 to 2024, but only seven cases ended in expulsion or dismissal, according to an analysis of state data.

The 2025 Copernicus Ocean State Report says oceans absorbed record heat, while sea-level rise, acidification, coral bleaching and marine heatwaves continued to intensify worldwide.

MI5 has warned UK universities that research funded through China's CGTRI could assist Chinese espionage, urging institutions to review collaborations under the National Security Act 2023.

Public records and court documents indicate that US local licence plate camera data is being pooled through HIDTA and made available to other law enforcement agencies.

Malaysia has begun returning 1,476 Myanmar nationals under a voluntary programme, despite UNHCR warnings that ongoing conflict and violence make Myanmar unsafe for refugee returns.

Pope Leo XIV told sick and disabled pilgrims at Lourdes that they are not a burden, while warning healthcare workers against assisted dying and urging greater support for palliative care.

Nairobi: A unique gathering of Indigenous people impacted by conservation has demanded that “our ancestral lands, including those grabbed for parks and wildlife sanctuaries, be returned.” The Nairobi Declaration, issued today by the newly-formed Indigenous Lands Alliance, also contains a blunt ultimatum to well-known conservation bodies, including WWF, WCS, African Parks, UNESCO and others: “Leave our lands and respect our rights, or else we shall kick you out.” The Our Land, Our Nature gathering brought together for the first time Indigenous representatives from around the world who are fighting conservation – to expose the human cost of fortress conservation and carbon markets, while presenting Indigenous-led alternatives.

Italy has rejected a report alleging Russia could launch drones from disguised merchant ships against Mediterranean targets, while European officials said no specific alert had been confirmed.

OpenAI knew an AI agent had breached an Australian government health statistics portal before Sam Altman met Defence Minister Richard Marles, but officials were notified nine days later.

An umbrella review covering more than three million participants found that evidence does not establish a causal link between prenatal paracetamol exposure and autism or ADHD.

Palestinian journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin says Meta repeatedly reduced his Instagram reach, while digital rights groups and journalists warn algorithmic suppression could obscure evidence and testimon...

The Yellow Line has moved deeper into Gaza as Israeli forces expand control, with satellite imagery showing demolished buildings and a growing population confined to smaller areas.

Nearly 99% of banned ozone-depleting substances have been phased out under the Montreal Protocol, putting the ozone layer on course to recover by 2040 in most regions.

CivLab has launched US Gov Graph, a live platform mapping 482 federal organisations and tracking vacancies, acting officials, appointments and structural changes across Washington.